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O. E. SEARLES. TOBAOGO' PIPE.

No. 67,356. Patented July 30, 1867..

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CHARLES E. SEARLES, OF STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TC HIMSELF, EDWINHOYT, AND LAFAYETTE FARRINGTON, OF THE SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 67,356, dated 1.1, so, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOBACCO-PIPES.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I

'Be it known that I, CHARLES SEABLES, of Stamford, in the county ofFairfield, and Stateof Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Tobacco-Pipes; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing, which forms part of this specification.

My invention consists in the combination with the bowl and stem ofatobacco-pipe of a socket, having a top perforated or open on one of itssides, and an aperture in one side letting into the bore of the stem,and an aperture on the opposite side opening outside'the pipe, thesocket being set into the base of the bowl of the pipe; also, incombination therewith of a cup having closed ends, meet which isperforated or open on one side to correspond with a similar opening inthe socket, and provided with three apertures or holes, one of whichopens into the bore of the stem when the pipe is to be used for smoking;andwheu it is desired to clean out the stem or cup byblowing waterthrough the stem, one of the other holes corresponds with the bore ofthe stem and the other with that hole in the socket which opens outsidethe pipe; all of theparts being combined together and operating in themanner hereinafter described. In the accompanying drawing, which.illustrates iny invention Figure 1 is a central section of the pipe andstem taken on the line a: 2:, fig. 5, showing my improvement arranged-inproper position for using the pipei'or smoking.

Figure 2 is a view of my improvement just as the cup is being shovedinto the socket to assume the position shown in fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a top view of the top of the socket, and

Figure 4' a top view of the top of the cup.

Figure 5 is a plan or top view of the pipe.

Figure 6 is a central section, showing my improvement in position forblowing'water or other fiuidfithrough the stem to clean out the same,aswell as the cup.

Figure 7 is a. view of the cup just as it is being shoved into thesocket to assume the position shown in fig. 6.

A designates the bowl and-B the stem of a-tobacco-pipe. G is a socketmade of metal, and screwed into a recess made in the hase of the howl ofthe pipe, so that its upper end will form a portio n of the bottom ofthe tobacco-receiving cavity in the bowl. The top of this socket isprovided on one of its sides with apertures ab 0, (refer to figs. 1, 5,6,) or in lieu thereofpa slot may be out, which would answer the samepurpose. This cup is.

also provided with an aperture or hole, d, opening into the bore of thestem; it is also provided withanothew aperture, e, which opens outsidethe bowl of the pipe. D is a cup, which is made of metal, and fitted toslide tightly in the socket C. This cup has'hoth its ends closed, thebottom wall extending suiliciently beyond the sides to form a good holdfor the-fingers to'grasp it for pushing it into and drawing it out ofthe socket, as well as for turning it round. The top wall is perforatedon one side, as shown at f g h, (figs. 4,-and 6,) to correspond with theapertures a b c in the socket ,C; or in lieu thereof a slot may be made,if desired, or a portion of the wall on one side cut away, but theapertures in both the socket and pup should be made so as to correspondwith each other when the socket and cup are in the position shown infig. 1, to allow the smoke tobc drawn througha them and into the cup.-The cup is provided with an aperture'or hole, i,'on one side, which,when the cup is in the position shown in fig. 1, corresponds withthehole or aperture d in the socket. It is also provided with. two otherapertures, j k, the one, j, to correspond with the hole 02 in thesocket, and the other with the hole e in the socket, (see fig. 6,) whenit is desired'to-blowovater or, other fluid through the stem and cup forcleaning out the stemand cup..

Fig. 1 shows the pipe in position for smoking. Here it will be observedthat the smoke is drawn through the apertures a b c and f g it into thecup, where the nicotine and other poisonous matter are deposited fromthe smoke; thence it passes through the holes 1' d, and up through thestem thus-a perfect draught isinsuiemh'all the other apertures beingclosed whilst the cup is in this position.

Fig. 6 shows the pipe in position for cleaning out the stem and cup.Water, alcohci, or other fluid maybe tukeninto themouth and blown downthestem, whenit will pas's'thi'ough the hole d arid the holej into thecup,

and then out through the holes c k. I 4

By this m-ra igement I produce a pipe which possesses all the qualitiesof other pipes for extracting flOHl 'the smoke the nicotine-and otherpoisonous matter which itusually contains, and, in addition, I provide ameans for cle'ening omit the cup and stem in a very simple way. Theparts C D emu-he cheaplymade, and applied to any ordinary pipe. 7 f vWhat I claim as my intention, and desire to securo by Letters Pateilt,is The combination with the bowl end stem ofa tobacco-pipe of the socketC and cup D, both provided with an a'pctture or apertures in the top,andthe former with the holes or apertures 11 'e'on opposite sides, *andthe latter with the holes z'j'k on opposite sides, all arranged andoperating substantially as herein specified.

4 CHARLES E'. SEARLES.

Witnesses:

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